Archive for the ‘Romance’ Category
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Jit
Call Number: VHS00275
by Dominic Makuvachuma; Sibongile Nene; Farai Sevenzo; Oliver Mtukudzi; Winnie Ndemera; Michael Raeburn; Rory Kilalea; Tobias Areketa; Film Africa.; Mukuvisi Films.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: [Chicago, IL] : Home Vision, 1993.
Notes: Originally released in 1992 (92 mins.);
Summary: The beat of jit-jive drives the story, set in Zimbabwe, of a fun-loving youth called UK, who is determined to win the heart of Sofi, a stately beauty closely guarded by her gangster boyfriend. UK’s efforts are both helped and hindered by Jukwa, a pesty ancestral spirit.
OCLC #: 31502052
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Foreign Film, Michael Raeburn
Posted in Comedy, Romance | Comments Closed
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Caroline and the Rebels
Call Number: VHS00267
by Brigitte Bardot; Guy Casaril; Patty Shepard; Micheline Presle; Westlake Entertainment Group.;
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: Westlake Village, Calif. : Westlake Entertainment Group, ©1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1955 (97 mins.); Based on the novel by Cécil Saint-Laurent;
Summary: Bardot plays a young girl in a romantic action western with an ending of excitement and ever lasting love.
OCLC #: 50862033
Also: Edition also contains The Legend of Frenchie King (
VHS00267)
Added: November 4, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Books on Film, Foreign Film, Jean-Devaivre
Posted in Romance, Western | Comments Closed
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Pépé le Moko
Call Number: VHS00253
by Julien Duvivier; Ashelbe.; Jean Gabin; Murray Hill Video.;
Format: VHS
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: New York : Murray Hill Video, [198-?]
Notes: Originally released in 1937 (90 mins.); Based on the novel by Roger d’Ashelbé (Henri La Barthe);
Summary: A Parisian gangster is safe from the police while hiding in the Casbah section of Algiers, but he falls in love and follows the lady into danger.
OCLC #: 19686306
Added: November 3, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Books on Film, Crime, Foreign Film, Julien Duvivier
Posted in Drama, Romance | Comments Closed
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Jungle Drums of Africa
Call Number: VHS00233
by Clay Moore; Phyllis Coates; Johnny Spencer; Roy Glenn; Republic Pictures Corporation.; Republic Pictures Home Video (Firm);
Language: English
Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, [1991]
Notes: Originally released in 1953 (167 mins.); Twelve serial episodes over two video cassettes;
Summary: A danger-filled trek through darkest Africa, foreign intrigue and savage natives threaten two of Republic Pictures greatest action adventure stars in this thrill-a-minute jungle serial.
Chapters: ch. 1. Jungle ambush (20:00) — ch. 2. Savage strategy (14:00) — ch. 3. The beast fiend (14:00) — ch. 4. Voodoo vengance (14:00) — ch. 5. The lion pit (13:00) — ch. 6. Underground tornado (13:00) — ch. 7. Cavern of doom (13:00) — ch. 8. The water trap (13:00) — ch. 9. Trail to destruction (13:00) — ch. 10. The flaming ring (13:00) — ch. 11. Bridge of death (13:00) — ch. 12. The avenging river (13:00).
OCLC #: 34130814
Added: October 29, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Fred C. Brannon
Posted in Action, Romance | Comments Closed
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Manon des sources
Call Number: VHS00228
by Yves Montand; Claude Berri; Daniel Auteuil; Emmanuelle Beart; Marcel Pagnol; Orion Pictures.; Orion Home Video.;
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: New York : Orion Home Video, ©1988.
Notes: Originally released in 1986 (113 mins.); From the novel by Marcel Pagnol;
Summary: Ten years have passed since the tragic events of Jean De Florette. Jean’s daughter, Manon, appears in town to accuse the Soubeyrans of killing her father. A tragedy results that nearly destroys Cesar, the neighbor who destroyed Jean.
OCLC #: 18527964
Also: The prequel: Jean de Florette (
VHS00227)
Added: October 29, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Books on Film, Claude Berri, Foreign Film
Posted in Drama, Romance | Comments Closed
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
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Il Postino
Call Number: VHS00226
by Michael Radford; Massimo Troisi; Philippe Noiret; Maria Grazia Cucinotta; Scarpelli; Giacomo Scarpelli; Anna Pavignano; Mario Cecchi Gori; Vittorio Cecchi Gori; Antonio Skármeta; Miramax Films.; Cecchi Gori Group (Firm); Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm); Buena Vista Home Video (Firm);
Language: Italian with English subtitles
Publisher: [S.l.] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1997?]
Notes: Originally released in 1994 (108 mins.); Liberally from the novel Il postino di Neruda by Antonio Skármeta; Nominated for five 1996 Academy Awards;
Summary: A shy mailman falls in love with a beautiful woman. A famous poet moves into town, he helps the mailman find words to express his love.
OCLC #: 42497400
Added: October 29, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Award, Foreign Film, Michael Radford
Posted in Comedy, Romance | Comments Closed
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Zouzou
Call Number: VHS00221
by Bernard Goldberg; Arys Nissotti; Marc Allégret; Carlo Rim; G Abatino; Josephine Baker; Jean Gabin; Kelber.; D Batcheff; Van Parys-Scotto; Al Romanis;
Language: French with English subtitles
Publisher: [New York, NY] : Kino International ; [Chatsworth, Calif.] : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainmen, ©1990.
Notes: Originally released in 1934 (92 mins.); Based on the story by G. Abatino;
Summary: Backstage musical, in which a talented laundress takes the place of the lead on opening night and saves the show.
OCLC #: 148112243
Added: October 29, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Black and White, Crime, Foreign Film, Marc Allégret
Posted in Musical, Romance | Comments Closed
Monday, October 27th, 2008
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Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti or Les mille et une recettes du cuisinier amoureux
Call Number: VHS00194
by Nana Djordjadze; Marc Ruscart; Pierre Richard; Micheline Presle; Nino Kirtadze; Jean-Yves Gautier; Timour Kamkhadze; Irakli Kvirikadze; André Grall; Guiorgui Beridze; Sony Pictures Classics (Firm); Films du Rivage.; Sept Cinéma (Firm); Studio Adam et Eve.; Studio Babelsberg.; Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm);
Language: French, Georgian and Russian with English subtitles
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia Tristar Home Video, ©1997.
Notes: Originally released in 1996 (99 mins.); Nominated for one 1997 Academy Award
Summary: A free-spirited Frenchman’s romantic idyll with a princess in pre-Soviet Georgia is threatened by the barbarism of the Russian revolution.
OCLC #: 55852408
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Award, Foreign Film, Nana Dzhordzhadze
Posted in Comedy, Romance | Comments Closed
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Cette Sacrée Gamine
Call Number: VHS00181
by Michel Boisrond; Jean Bretonnière; Brigitte Bardot; Françoise Fabien
Language: French dubbed into English
Publisher: Woodlands, CA : Westlake Entertainment Group, 1995.
Notes: Originally released in 1956 (90 mins.);
Summary: A night club singer who is looking out for a young girl (Brigette Bardot) finds out that she is not the innocent young thing he first thought.
OCLC #: 39394181
Also: Edition also contains …And God Created Woman (
VHS00181);
Added: October 27, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
Tags:Michel Boisrond
Posted in Comedy, Romance | Comments Closed
Monday, October 27th, 2008
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Anna Karenina
Call Number: VHS00180 Copy 1
VHS00180 Copy 2
by Clemence Dane; Salka Viertel; S N Behrman; Clarence Brown; Greta Garbo; Fredric March; Freddie Bartholomew; Maureen O’Sullivan; May Robson; Basil Rathbone; Reginald Owen; Leo Tolstoy; MGM/UA Home Video (Firm);
Language: Swedish with English subtitles
Publisher: Copy 1: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, ©1990.; Copy 2: Culver City, CA : MGM/UA Home Video, [1987]
Notes: Originally released in 1935 (96 mins.); Based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy;
Summary: In this story of doomed love set during the reign of Czar Nicholas I of Russia, the wife of a Russian aristocract falls for a dashing cavalry officer.
Also: See the Julien Duvivier directed Anna Karenina ( VHS00088);
OCLC #: Copy 1: 27215432; Copy 2: 16668402;
Added: October 22, 2008
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
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Tags:Black and White, Books on Film, Clarence Brown
Posted in Drama, Romance | Comments Closed
